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• the present invention relates to compositions, methods and processes for the design, preparation, manufacture, use and/or formulation of AAV particles comprising modulatory polynucleotides, e.g., polynucleotides encoding small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules which target the Huntingtin (HTT) gene (e.g., the wild-type or the mutated CAG-expanded HTT gene). Targeting of the mutated HTT gene may interfere with the HTT gene expression and the resultant HTT protein production.
• the AAV particles comprising modulatory polynucleotides encoding the siRNA molecules may be inserted into recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors.
• AAV adeno-associated virus
• Huntington's Disease is a monogenic fatal neurodegenerative disease
• Huntington's Disease is known to be caused by an autosomal dominant triplet (CAG) repeat expansion which encodes poly-glutamine in the N-terminus of the huntingtin (HTT) protein. This repeat expansion results in a toxic gain of function of HTT and ultimately leads to striatal CAG repeat expansion
• AAV adeno-associated virus
• the present invention develops an AAV particle comprising modulatory
• dsRNA double stranded RNA
• Described herein are methods, processes, compositions kits and devices for the administration of AAV particles comprising modulatory polynucleotides encoding siRNA molecules for the treatment, prophylaxis, palliation and/or amelioration of Huntington's Disease (HD) related symptoms and disorders.
• AAV particles comprising modulatory polynucleotides encoding siRNA molecules for the treatment, prophylaxis, palliation and/or amelioration of Huntington's Disease (HD) related symptoms and disorders.
• HD Huntington's Disease
• the present invention provides viral genomes comprising modulatory polynucleotides encoding siRNA molecules to target HTT and reduce the expression of HTT in a cell and/or subject.
• the viral genome comprises a 5' inverted terminal repeat (ITR) sequence region such as, but not limited to, SEQ ID NO: 1380 and 1381, an enhancer sequence region such as, but not limited to, SEQ ID NO: 1408 and 1409, a promoter sequence region such as, but not limited to, SEQ ID NO: 1410-1411 and the sequence GTTG, at least one intron sequence region such as, but not limited to, SEQ ID NO: 1417-1419, a modulatory
• ITR 5' inverted terminal repeat
• polynucleotide sequence region such as, but not limited to, SEQ ID NO: 1183-1279 and 1346- 1347, a polyadenylation (poly A) signal sequence region such as, but not limited to, SEQ ID NO: 1420-1423, and a 3' ITR sequence region such as, but not limited to, SEQ ID NO: 1382 and 1383.
• the viral genome may comprise at least one more sequence region.
• the viral genome comprises at least one multiple cloning site (MCS) sequence region such as, but not limited to, SEQ ID NO: 384-1390 and the sequence TCGAG.
• MCS multiple cloning site
• the viral genome comprises one MCS sequence region.
• the viral genome comprises two MCS sequence regions.
• the viral genome comprises at least one filler sequence region such as, but not limited to, SEQ ID NO: 1390-1407. In one embodiment, the AAV viral genome comprises one filler sequence region. In one embodiment, the AAV viral genome comprises two filler sequence regions.
• the viral genome comprises at least one exon sequence region such as, but not limited to, SEQ ID NO: 1415 and 1416.
• the viral genome comprises one intron sequence region.
• the viral genome comprises two intron sequence regions.
• the viral genome comprises a 5' inverted terminal repeat (ITR) sequence region, an enhancer sequence region, a promoter sequence region, at least one intron sequence region, a modulatory polynucleotide sequence region, a polyadenylation (poly A) signal sequence region, and a 3' ITR sequence region.
• ITR inverted terminal repeat
• the AAV viral genome comprises a sequence such as SEQ ID NO: 1352-1379 or a fragment or variant thereof.
• the viral genome such as, but not limited to, any of SEQ ID NO: 1352-1379 or variants having at least 95% identity thereto.
• an AAV particle may comprise a viral genome such as, but not limited to, any of SEQ ID NO: 1352-1379 or variants having at least 95% identity thereto.
• the AAV particle may comprise a serotype such as, but not limited to, any of the serotypes listed in Table 1.
• compositions of AAV particles may comprise a viral genome such as, but not limited to, any of SEQ ID NO: 1352-1379 or variants having at least 95% identity thereto.
• the AAV particle may comprise a serotype such as, but not limited to, any of the serotypes listed in Table 1.
• the present invention provides methods for inhibiting/silencing HTT gene expression in a cell.
• the cell may be a neuron (e.g., medium spiny neurons of the putamen, caudate or striatum, and cortical neurons in the cerebral cortex), an astrocyte (e.g., astrocyte in the striatum, cortical astrocytes in the cerebral cortex) and/or oligodendrocytes.
• a neuron e.g., medium spiny neurons of the putamen, caudate or striatum, and cortical neurons in the cerebral cortex
• an astrocyte e.g., astrocyte in the striatum, cortical astrocytes in the cerebral cortex
• oligodendrocytes oligodendrocytes
• the inhibition (or lowering) of the HTT gene expression in the medium spiny neurons in the striatum reduces the effect of Huntington's Disease in a subject.
• the inhibition (or lowering) of the HTT gene expression in the astrocytes in the striatum reduces the effect of Huntington's Disease in a subject.
• the inhibition of the HTT gene expression refers to an inhibition or lowering by at least about 20%, preferably by at least about 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95% and 100%.
• the protein product of the targeted gene may be inhibited by at least about 20%, preferably by at least about 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95% and 100%.
• the present invention provides methods for inhibiting/silencing HTT gene expression by at least about 40% in a cell using the viral genomes comprising the modulatory polynucleotides encoding the siRNA molecules.
• the cell may be a neuron (e.g., medium spiny neurons of the putamen or striatum, and cortical neurons in the cerebral cortex), an astrocyte (e.g., astrocyte in the striatum, cortical astrocytes in the cerebral cortex) and/or oligodendrocytes.
• the at least 40% inhibition (or lowering) of the HTT gene expression in the putamen and cortex reduces the effect of Huntington's Disease in a subject.
• the at least 40% inhibition (or lowering) of the HTT gene expression in the medium spiny neurons in the striatum reduces the effect of Huntington's Disease in a subject.
• the at least 40% inhibition (or lowering) of the HTT gene expression in the astrocytes in the striatum reduces the effect of Huntington's Disease in a subject.
• the present invention provides methods for treating, or ameliorating Huntington's Disease associated with the HTT gene (e.g., CAG-expanded HTT gene) and the resultant HTT protein (e.g., poly-Q protein) in a subject in need of treatment, the method comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutically effective amount a pharmaceutical composition comprising the AAV particles described herein, and ameliorating symptoms of HD in the subject.
• HTT gene e.g., CAG-expanded HTT gene
• the resultant HTT protein e.g., poly-Q protein
• an AAV particle comprising the nucleic acid sequence encoding at least one siRNA duplex targeting the HTT gene is administered to the subject in need for treating and/or ameliorating HD.
• the AAV vector serotype may be any of the serotypes listed in Table 1.
• the AAV particles may be introduced directly into the central nervous system of the subject, for example, by intracranial injection.
• the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention is used as a solo therapy. In other embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention is used in combination therapy.
• the combination therapy may be in combination with one or more neuroprotective agents such as small molecule compounds, growth factors and hormones which have been tested for their neuroprotective effect on neuron degeneration.
• the present invention provides methods for treating, or ameliorating Huntington's Disease by administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a plasmid or AAV vector described herein.
• the present invention provides a method for inhibiting the expression of the HTT gene in a region of the central nervous system of a subject by
• compositions with at least one AAV particle which comprises a modulatory polynucleotide encoding an siRNA molecule that, when expressed, inhibits or suppresses the expression of HTT in the subject may be reduced in a region of the subject such as, but not limited to, the forebrain of a subject or a region of the forebrain such as, but not limited to, the putamen.
• HTT in the forebrain or region of the forebrain may be reduced by 40-70%, 40-60%, 50-70%, 50-60%, or it may be reduced by 50%, 51%, 52%, 53%, 54%, 55%, 56%, 57%, 58%, 59%, or 60%.
• the present invention provides a method for treating
• the method may inhibit the expression of the HTT gene in a region of the central nervous system of a subject comprising administering to the subject a composition comprising at least one AAV particle which comprises a modulatory polynucleotide encoding an siRNA molecule that, when expressed, inhibits or suppresses the expression of HTT in the subject.
• the expression may be reduced in a region of the subject such as, but not limited to, the forebrain of a subject or a region of the forebrain such as, but not limited to, the putamen.
• HTT in the forebrain or region of the forebrain may be reduced by 40-70%, 40-60%, 50-70%), 50-60%), or it may be reduced by 50%, 51%, 52%, 53%, 54%, 55%, 56%, 57%, 58%, 59%, or 60%.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic of a viral genome of the invention
• FIG. 2 is a schematic of a viral genome of the invention
• FIG. 3 is a schematic of a viral genome of the invention
• FIG. 4 is a schematic of a viral genome of the invention
• FIG. 5 is a schematic of a viral genome of the invention
• FIG. 6 is a schematic of a viral genome of the invention
• FIG. 7 is a schematic of a viral genome of the invention
• FIG. 8 is a schematic of a viral genome of the invention
• FIG. 9 is a schematic of a viral genome of the invention.
• AAV particles of the invention may be provided via any of several routes of administration, to a cell, tissue, organ, or organism, in vivo, ex vivo or in vitro.
• an "AAV particle” is a virus which comprises a viral genome with at least one payload region and at least one inverted terminal repeat (ITR) region.
• ITR inverted terminal repeat
• viral genome or “vector genome” or “viral vector” refers to the nucleic acid sequence(s) encapsulated in an AAV particle. Viral genomes comprise at least one payload region encoding polypeptides or fragments thereof.
• a "payload” or “payload region” is any nucleic acid molecule which encodes one or more polypeptides of the invention.
• a payload region comprises nucleic acid sequences that encode a sense and antisense sequence, an siRNA-based
• composition or a fragment thereof, but may also optionally comprise one or more functional or regulatory elements to facilitate transcriptional expression and/or polypeptide translation.
• nucleic acid sequences and polypeptides disclosed herein may be engineered to contain modular elements and/or sequence motifs assembled to enable expression of the modulatory polynucleotides and/or modulatory polynucleotide-based compositions of the invention.
• the nucleic acid sequence comprising the payload region may comprise one or more of a promoter region, an intron, a Kozak sequence, an enhancer or a polyadenylation sequence.
• Payload regions of the invention typically encode at least one sense and antisense sequence, an siRNA-based compositions, or fragments of the foregoing in combination with each other or in combination with other polypeptide moieties.
• the payload regions of the invention may be delivered to one or more target cells, tissues, organs or organisms within the viral genome of an AAV particle.
• AAVs Adeno-associated viruses
• AAV particles Adeno-associated viruses
• Viruses of the Parvoviridae family are small non-enveloped icosahedral capsid viruses characterized by a single stranded DNA genome. Parvoviridae family viruses consist of two subfamilies: Parvovirinae, which infect vertebrates, and Densovirinae, which infect
• invertebrates Due to its relatively simple structure, easily manipulated using standard molecular biology techniques, this virus family is useful as a biological tool.
• the genome of the virus may be modified to contain a minimum of components for the assembly of a functional recombinant virus, or viral particle, which is loaded with or engineered to express or deliver a desired payload, which may be delivered to a target cell, tissue, organ, or organism.
• parvoviruses and other members of the Parvoviridae family are generally described in Kenneth I. Berns, "Parvoviridae: The Viruses and Their Replication," Chapter 69 in FIELDS VIROLOGY (3d Ed. 1996), the contents of which are incorporated by reference in their entirety.
• the Parvoviridae family comprises the Dependovirus genus which includes adeno- associated viruses (AAV) capable of replication in vertebrate hosts including, but not limited to, human, primate, bovine, canine, equine, and ovine species.
• AAV adeno- associated viruses
• the AAV viral genome is a linear, single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) molecule
• the AAV viral genome can comprise a payload region and at least one inverted terminal repeat (ITR) or ITR region. ITRs traditionally flank the coding nucleotide sequences for the non-structural proteins (encoded by Rep genes) and the structural proteins (encoded by capsid genes or Cap genes). While not wishing to be bound by theory, an AAV viral genome typically comprises two ITR sequences.
• the AAV viral genome comprises a characteristic T-shaped hairpin structure defined by the self-complementary terminal 145 nt of the 5' and 3' ends of the ssDNA which form an energetically stable double stranded region.
• the double stranded hairpin structures comprise multiple functions including, but not limited to, acting as an origin for DNA replication by functioning as primers for the endogenous DNA polymerase complex of the host viral replication cell.
• AAV vectors may comprise the viral genome, in whole or in part, of any naturally occurring and/or recombinant AAV serotype nucleotide sequence or variant.
• AAV variants may have sequences of significant homology at the nucleic acid (genome or capsid) and amino acid levels (capsids), to produce constructs which are generally physical and functional equivalents, replicate by similar mechanisms, and assemble by similar mechanisms. Chiorini et al., J. Vir. 71 : 6823-33(1997); Srivastava et al., J.
• AAV particles of the present invention are recombinant AAV vectors which are replication defective, lacking sequences encoding functional Rep and Cap proteins within their viral genome. These defective AAV vectors may lack most or all parental coding sequences and essentially carry only one or two AAV ITR sequences and the nucleic acid of interest for delivery to a cell, a tissue, an organ or an organism.
• the viral genome of the AAV particles of the present invention comprise at least one control element which provides for the replication, transcription and translation of a coding sequence encoded therein. Not all of the control elements need always be present as long as the coding sequence is capable of being replicated, transcribed and/or translated in an appropriate host cell.
• expression control elements include sequences for transcription initiation and/or termination, promoter and/or enhancer sequences, efficient RNA processing signals such as splicing and polyadenylation signals, sequences that stabilize cytoplasmic mRNA, sequences that enhance translation efficacy (e.g., Kozak consensus sequence), sequences that enhance protein stability, and/or sequences that enhance protein processing and/or secretion.
• AAV particles for use in therapeutics and/or diagnostics comprise a virus that has been distilled or reduced to the minimum components necessary for transduction of a nucleic acid payload or cargo of interest.
• AAV particles are engineered as vehicles for specific delivery while lacking the deleterious replication and/or integration features found in wild-type viruses.
• AAV vectors of the present invention may be produced recombinantly and may be based on adeno-associated virus (AAV) parent or reference sequences.
• AAV adeno-associated virus
• a "vector” is any molecule or moiety which transports, transduces or otherwise acts as a carrier of a heterologous molecule such as the nucleic acids described herein.
• scAAV self-complementary AAV
• scAAV viral genomes contain DNA strands which anneal together to form double stranded DNA. By skipping second strand synthesis, scAAVs allow for rapid expression in the cell.
• the AAV particle of the present invention is an scAAV.
• the AAV particle of the present invention is an ssAAV.
• AAV particles may be modified to enhance the efficiency of delivery. Such modified AAV particles can be packaged efficiently and be used to successfully infect the target cells at high frequency and with minimal toxicity.
• the capsids of the AAV particles are engineered according to the methods described in US Publication Number US 20130195801, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
• the AAV particles comprising a payload region encoding the polypeptides of the invention may be introduced into mammalian cells.
• AAV particles of the present invention may comprise or be derived from any natural or recombinant AAV serotype.
• the AAV particles may utilize or be based on a serotype selected from any of the following AAVl, AAV2, AAV2G9, AAV3, AAV3a, AAV3b, AAV3-3, AAV4, AAV4-4, AAV5, AAV6, AAV6.1, AAV6.2, AAV6.1.2, AAV7, AAV7.2, AAV8, AAV9, AAV9.11, AAV9.13, AAV9.16, AAV9.24, AAV9.45, AAV9.47, AAV9.61, AAV9.68, AAV9.84, AAV9.9, AAV10, AAV11, AAV 12, AAV16.3, AAV24.1, AAV27.3, AAV42.12, AAV42-lb, AAV42-2, AAV42-3a, AAV42-3b, AAV42-4, AAV42-5a, AAV42-5b
• AAVF4/HSC4 AAVF5/HSC5, AAVF6/HSC6, AAVF7/HSC7, AAVF8/HSC8, AAVF9/HSC9, AAV-PHP.B (PHP.B), AAV-PHP.A (PHP.A), G2B-26, G2B-13, THl .1-32, THl .1-35,
• AAVPHP.B2 AAVPHP.B3, AAVPHP.N/PHP.B-DGT, AAVPHP.B-EST, AAVPHP.B-GGT, AAVPHP.B-ATP, AAVPHP.B-ATT-T, AAVPHP.B-DGT-T, AAVPHP.B-GGT-T,
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a modification as described in United States Publication No. US 20160361439, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as but not limited to, Y252F, Y272F, Y444F, Y500F, Y700F, Y704F, Y730F, Y275F, Y281F, Y508F, Y576F, Y612G, Y673F, and Y720F of the wild-type AAV1, AAV2, AAV3, AAV4, AAV5, AAV6, AAV7, AAV8, AAV9, AAV10, AAV11, AAV12, and hybrids thereof.
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a mutation as described in United States Patent No. US 9546112, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, at least two, but not all the F129L, D418E, K53 IE, L584F, V598A and H642N mutations in the sequence of AAV6 (SEQ ID NO:4 of US 9546112), AAV1 (SEQ ID NO:6 of US 9546112), AAV2, AAV3, AAV4, AAV5, AAV7, AAV9, AAV10 or AAV11 or derivatives thereof.
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, an AAV6 sequence comprising the K53 IE mutation (SEQ ID NO:5 of US 9546112).
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a mutation in the AAV1 sequence, as described in in United States Publication No. US 20130224836, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, at least one of the surface-exposed tyrosine residues, preferably, at positions 252, 273, 445, 701, 705 and 731 of AAV1 (SEQ ID NO: 2 of US 20130224836) substituted with another amino acid, preferably with a phenylalanine residue.
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a mutation in the AAV9 sequence, such as, but not limited to, at least one of the surface-exposed tyrosine residues, preferably, at positions 252, 272, 444, 500, 700, 704 and 730 of AAV2 (SEQ ID NO: 4 of US 20130224836) substituted with another amino acid, preferably with a
• the tyrosine residue at position 446 of AAV9 (SEQ ID NO: 6 US 20130224836) is substituted with a phenylalanine residue.
• the serotype may be AAV2 or a variant thereof, as described in International Publication No. WO2016130589, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
• the amino acid sequence of AAV2 may comprise N587A, E548A, or N708A mutations.
• the amino acid sequence of any AAV may comprise a V708K mutation.
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in United States Publication No. US20030138772, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, AAV1 (SEQ ID NO: 6 and 64 of
• US20030138772) AAV2 (SEQ ID NO: 7 and 70 of US20030138772), AAV3 (SEQ ID NO: 8 and 71 of US20030138772), AAV4 (SEQ ID NO: 63 of US20030138772), AAV5 (SEQ ID NO: 114 of US20030138772), AAV6 (SEQ ID NO: 65 of US20030138772), AAV7 (SEQ ID NO: 1- 3 of US20030138772), AAV8 (SEQ ID NO: 4 and 95 of US20030138772), AAV9 (SEQ ID NO: 5 and 100 of US20030138772), AAV10 (SEQ ID NO: 117 of US20030138772), AAV11 (SEQ ID NO: 118 of US20030138772), AAV 12 (SEQ ID NO: 119 of US20030138772), AAVrhlO (amino acids 1 to 738 of SEQ ID NO: 81 of US20030138772), AAV16.3
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in United States Publication No. US20150159173, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, AAV2 (SEQ ID NO: 7 and 23 of
• US20150159173) AAV8 (SEQ ID NO: 15 and 31 of US20150159173), hu.13 (SEQ ID NO: 16 and 32 of US20150159173), hu.26 (SEQ ID NO: 17 and 33 of US20150159173), hu.37 (SEQ ID NO: 18 and 34 of US20150159173), hu.53 (SEQ ID NO: 19 and 35 of US20150159173), rh.43 (SEQ ID NO: 21 and 37 of US20150159173), rh2 (SEQ ID NO: 39 of US20150159173), rh.37 (SEQ ID NO: 40 of US20150159173), rh.64 (SEQ ID NO: 43 of US20150159173), rh.48 (SEQ ID NO: 44 of US20150159173), ch.5 (SEQ ID NO 46 of US20150159173), rh.67 (SEQ ID NO: 47 of US20150159173),
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in United States Patent No. US 7198951, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, AAV9 (SEQ ID NO: 1-3 of US 7198951), AAV2 (SEQ ID NO: 4 of US 7198951), AAVl (SEQ ID NO: 5 of US 7198951), AAV3 (SEQ ID NO: 6 of US 7198951), and AAV8 (SEQ ID NO: 7 of US7198951).
• AAV9 SEQ ID NO: 1-3 of US 7198951
• AAV2 SEQ ID NO: 4 of US 7198951
• AAVl SEQ ID NO: 5 of US 7198951
• AAV3 SEQ ID NO: 6 of US 7198951
• AAV8 SEQ ID NO: 7 of US7198951.
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a mutation in the AAV9 sequence as described by N Pulichla et al. (Molecular Therapy 19(6): 1070-1078 (2011), herein incorporated by reference in its entirety), such as but not limited to, AAV9.9, AAV9.11, AAV9.13, AAV9.16, AAV9.24, AAV9.45, AAV9.47, AAV9.61, AAV9.68, AAV9.84.
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in United States Patent No. US 6156303, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, AAV3B (SEQ ID NO: 1 and 10 of US 6156303), AAV6 (SEQ ID NO: 2, 7 and 11 of US 6156303), AAV2 (SEQ ID NO: 3 and 8 of US 6156303), AAV3A (SEQ ID NO: 4 and 9, of US 6156303), or derivatives thereof.
• AAV3B SEQ ID NO: 1 and 10 of US 6156303
• AAV6 SEQ ID NO: 2, 7 and 11 of US 6156303
• AAV2 SEQ ID NO: 3 and 8 of US 6156303
• AAV3A SEQ ID NO: 4 and 9, of US 6156303
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in United States Publication No. US20140359799, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, AAV8 (SEQ ID NO: 1 of
• the serotype may be AAVDJ (or AAV-DJ) or a variant thereof, such as AAVDJ8 (or AAV-DJ8), as described by Grimm et al. (Journal of Virology 82(12): 5887-5911 (2008), herein incorporated by reference in its entirety).
• the amino acid sequence of AAVDJ8 may comprise two or more mutations in order to remove the heparin binding domain (HBD).
• HBD heparin binding domain
• 7,588,772 may comprise two mutations: (1) R587Q where arginine (R; Arg) at amino acid 587 is changed to glutamine (Q; Gin) and (2) R590T where arginine (R; Arg) at amino acid 590 is changed to threonine (T; Thr).
• K406R where lysine (K; Lys) at amino acid 406 is changed to arginine (R; Arg)
• R587Q where arginine (R; Arg) at amino acid 587 is changed to glutamine (Q; Gin)
• R590T where arginine (R; Arg) at amino acid 590 is changed to threonine (T; Thr).
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence of AAV4 as described in International Publication No. WO 1998011244, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to AAV4 (SEQ ID NO: 1-20 of WO1998011244).
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a mutation in the AAV2 sequence to generate AAV2G9 as described in International Publication No. WO2014144229 and herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in International Publication No. WO2005033321, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to AAV3-3 (SEQ ID NO: 217 of
• WO2005033321 AAV1 (SEQ ID NO: 219 and 202 of WO2005033321), AAV106.1/hu.37 (SEQ ID No: 10 of WO2005033321), AAV114.3/hu.40 (SEQ ID No: 11 of WO2005033321), AAV127.2/hu.41 (SEQ ID NO:6 and 8 of WO2005033321), AAV128.3/hu.44 (SEQ ID No: 81 of WO2005033321), AAV130.4/hu.48 (SEQ ID NO: 78 of WO2005033321), AAV145.1/hu.53 (SEQ ID No: 176 and 177 of WO2005033321), AAV145.6/hu.56 (SEQ ID NO: 168 and 192 of WO2005033321), AAV16.12/hu. l l (SEQ ID NO: 153 and 57 of WO2005033321),
• AAV16.8/hu. lO (SEQ ID NO: : 156 and 56 of WO2005033321), AAV161.10/hu.60 (SEQ ID No: 170 of WO2005033321), AAV161.6/hu.61 (SEQ ID No: 174 of WO2005033321), AAV1- 7/rh.48 (SEQ ID NO: 32 of WO2005033321), AAVl-8/rh.49 (SEQ ID NOs: 103 and 25 of WO2005033321), AAV2 (SEQ ID NO: 211 and 221 of WO2005033321), AAV2-15/rh.62 (SEQ ID No: 33 and 114 of WO2005033321), AAV2-3/rh.61 (SEQ ID NO: 21 of WO2005033321), AAV2-4/rh.50 (SEQ ID No: 23 and 108 of WO2005033321), AAV2-5/rh.51 (SEQ ID NO: 104 and 22 of
• AAV3.1/hu.9 (SEQ ID NO: 155 and 58 of WO2005033321), AAV3-1 l/rh.53 (SEQ ID NO: 186 and 176 of WO2005033321), AAV3-3 (SEQ ID NO: 200 of WO2005033321), AAV33.12/hu. l7 (SEQ ID NO:4 of WO2005033321), AAV33.4/hu. l5 (SEQ ID No: 50 of WO2005033321), AAV33.8/hu.
• WO2005033321 WO2005033321
• AAV6 SEQ ID NO: 203 and 220 of WO2005033321
• AAV7 SEQ ID NO: 222 and 213 of WO2005033321
• AAV7.3/hu.7 SEQ ID No: 55 of WO2005033321
• AAV8 SEQ ID NO: 223 and 214 of WO2005033321
• AAVH-l/hu. l SEQ ID No: 46 of
• WO2005033321 AAVH-5/hu.3 (SEQ ID No: 44 of WO2005033321), AAVhu. l (SEQ ID NO: 144 of WO2005033321), AAVhu. lO (SEQ ID NO: 156 of WO2005033321), AAVhu. l l (SEQ ID NO: 153 of WO2005033321), AAVhu.12 (WO2005033321 SEQ ID NO: 59), AAVhu.13 (SEQ ID NO: 129 of WO2005033321), AAVhu. l4/AAV9 (SEQ ID NO: 123 and 3 of
• WO2005033321 AAVhu.15 (SEQ ID NO: 147 of WO2005033321), AAVhu.16 (SEQ ID NO: 148 of WO2005033321), AAVhu.17 (SEQ ID NO: 83 of WO2005033321), AAVhu.18 (SEQ ID NO: 149 of WO2005033321), AAVhu.19 (SEQ ID NO: 133 of WO2005033321), AAVhu.2 (SEQ ID NO: 143 of WO2005033321), AAVhu.20 (SEQ ID NO: 134 of WO2005033321), AAVhu.21 (SEQ ID NO: 135 of WO2005033321), AAVhu.22 (SEQ ID NO: 138 of
• WO2005033321 WO2005033321
• AAVhu.23.2 SEQ ID NO: 137 of WO2005033321
• AAVhu.24 SEQ ID NO: 136 of WO2005033321
• AAVhu.25 SEQ ID NO: 146 of WO2005033321
• AAVhu.27 SEQ ID NO: 140 of WO2005033321
• AAVhu.29 SEQ ID NO: 132 of WO2005033321
• AAVhu.3 SEQ ID NO: 145 of WO2005033321
• AAVhu.31 SEQ ID NO: 121 of
• WO2005033321 WO2005033321
• AAVhu.32 SEQ ID NO: 122 of WO2005033321
• AAVhu.34 SEQ ID NO: 125 of WO2005033321
• AAVhu.35 SEQ ID NO: 164 of WO2005033321
• AAVhu.37 SEQ ID NO: 88 of WO2005033321
• AAVhu.39 SEQ ID NO: 102 of WO2005033321
• AAVhu.4 SEQ ID NO: 141 of WO2005033321
• AAVhu.40 SEQ ID NO: 87 of WO2005033321
• AAVhu.41 SEQ ID NO: 91 of WO2005033321
• AAVhu.42 SEQ ID NO: 85 of
• WO2005033321 AAVhu.43 (SEQ ID NO: 160 of WO2005033321), AAVhu.44 (SEQ ID NO: 144 of WO2005033321), AAVhu.45 (SEQ ID NO: 127 of WO2005033321), AAVhu.46 (SEQ ID NO: 159 of WO2005033321), AAVhu.47 (SEQ ID NO: 128 of WO2005033321), AAVhu.48 (SEQ ID NO: 157 of WO2005033321), AAVhu.49 (SEQ ID NO: 189 of WO2005033321), AAVhu.51 (SEQ ID NO: 190 of WO2005033321), AAVhu.52 (SEQ ID NO: 191 of
• WO2005033321 WO2005033321
• AAVpi. l WO2005033321 SEQ ID NO: 28
• AAVpi.2 WO2005033321 SEQ ID NO: 30
• AAVpi.3 WO2005033321 SEQ ID NO: 29
• AAVrh.38 SEQ ID NO: 86 of WO2005033321
• AAVrh.40 SEQ ID NO: 92 of WO2005033321
• AAVrh.43 SEQ ID NO: 163 of WO2005033321
• AAVrh.44 WO2005033321 SEQ ID NO: 34
• WO2005033321 WO2005033321
• AAVrh.52 SEQ ID NO: 96 of WO2005033321
• AAVrh.53 SEQ ID NO: 97 of WO2005033321
• AAVrh.55 WO2005033321 SEQ ID NO: 37
• AAVrh.56 SEQ ID NO: 152 of WO2005033321
• AAVrh.57 SEQ ID NO: 105 of WO2005033321
• AAVrh.58 SEQ ID NO: 106 of WO2005033321
• AAVrh.59 WO2005033321 SEQ ID NO: 42
• AAVrh.60 WO2005033321 SEQ ID NO: 31
• AAVrh.61 SEQ ID NO: 107 of WO2005033321
• AAVrh.62 (SEQ ID NO: 114 of WO2005033321), AAVrh.64 (SEQ ID NO: 99 of
• WO2005033321 AAVrh.65 (WO2005033321 SEQ ID NO: 35), AAVrh.68 (WO2005033321 SEQ ID NO: 16), AAVrh.69 (WO2005033321 SEQ ID NO: 39), AAVrh.70 (WO2005033321 SEQ ID NO: 20), AAVrh.72 (WO2005033321 SEQ ID NO: 9), or variants thereof including, but not limited to, AAVcy.2, AAVcy.3, AAVcy.4, AAVcy.5, AAVcy.6, AAVrh.12, AAVrh.17, AAVrh.18, AAVrh.19, AAVrh.21, AAVrh.22, AAVrh.23, AAVrh.24, AAVrh.25, AAVrh.25/42 15, AAVrh.31, AAVrh.32, AAVrh.33, AAVrh.34, AAVrh.35, AAVrh.
• Non limiting examples of variants include SEQ ID NO: 13, 15, 17, 19, 24, 36, 40, 45, 47, 48, 51-54, 60-62, 64-77, 79, 80, 82, 89, 90, 93-95, 98, 100, 101, , 109-113, 118-120, 124, 126, 131, 139, 142, 151,154, 158, 161, 162, 165-183, 202, 204-212, 215, 219, 224-236, of WO2005033321, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety.
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in International Publication No. WO2015168666, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, AAVrh8R (SEQ ID NO: 9 of
• WO2015168666 AAVrh8R A586R mutant (SEQ ID NO: 10 of WO2015168666), AAVrh8R R533A mutant (SEQ ID NO: 11 of WO2015168666), or variants thereof.
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in United States Patent No. US9233131, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, AAVhEl .1 ( SEQ ID NO:44 of US9233131), AAVhErl .5 (SEQ ID NO:45 of US9233131), AAVhER1.14 (SEQ ID NO:46 of US9233131), AAVhErl .8 (SEQ ID NO:47 of US9233131), AAVhErl .16 (SEQ ID NO:48 of US9233131), AAVhErl .18 (SEQ ID NO:49 of US9233131), AAVhErl .35 (SEQ ID NO:50 of US9233131), AAVhErl .7 (SEQ ID NO:51 of US9233131), AAVhErl .36 (SEQ ID NO:52 of US9233131), AAVhEr2.29 (SEQ ID NO:40 of US9233
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in United States Patent Publication No. US20150376607, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, AAV-PAEC (SEQ ID NO: l of US20150376607), AAV-LK01 (SEQ ID NO:2 of US20150376607), AAV-LK02 (SEQ ID NO:3 of US20150376607), AAV-LK03 (SEQ ID NO:4 of US20150376607), AAV-LK04 (SEQ ID NO:5 of US20150376607), AAV-LK05 (SEQ ID NO:6 of US20150376607), AAV- LK06 (SEQ ID NO:7 of US20150376607), AAV-LK07 (SEQ ID NO:8 of US20150376607), AAV-LK08 (SEQ ID NO:9 of US20150376607), AAV-LK09 (SEQ ID NO:
• AAV-LK19 SEQ ID NO:20 of US20150376607
• AAV-PAEC2 SEQ ID NO:21 of US20150376607
• AAV-PAEC4 SEQ ID NO:22 of US20150376607
• AAV-PAEC6 SEQ ID NO:23 of US20150376607
• AAV-PAEC7 SEQ ID NO:24 of US20150376607
• AAV-PAEC8 SEQ ID NO:25 of US20150376607
• AAV-PAECl 1 SEQ ID NO:26 of
• US20150376607 AAV-PAECl 2 (SEQ ID NO:27, of US20150376607), or variants thereof.
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in United States Patent No. US9163261, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, AAV-2-pre-miRNA-101 (SEQ ID NO: 1
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in United States Patent Publication No. US20150376240, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, AAV-8h (SEQ ID NO: 6 of US20150376240), AAV-8b (SEQ ID NO: 5 of US20150376240), AAV-h (SEQ ID NO: 2 of US20150376240), AAV-b (SEQ ID NO: 1 of US20150376240), or variants thereof.
• AAV-8h SEQ ID NO: 6 of US20150376240
• AAV-8b SEQ ID NO: 5 of US20150376240
• AAV-h SEQ ID NO: 2 of US20150376240
• AAV-b SEQ ID NO: 1 of US20150376240
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in United States Patent Publication No. US20160017295, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, AAV SM 10-2 (SEQ ID NO: 22 of US20160017295), AAV Shuffle 100-1 (SEQ ID NO: 23 of US20160017295), AAV Shuffle 100-3 (SEQ ID NO: 24 of US20160017295), AAV Shuffle 100-7 (SEQ ID NO: 25 of US20160017295), AAV Shuffle 10-2 (SEQ ID NO: 34 of US20160017295), AAV Shuffle 10-6 (SEQ ID NO: 35 of US20160017295), AAV Shuffle 10-8 (SEQ ID NO: 36 of US20160017295), AAV Shuffle 100-2 (SEQ ID NO: 37 of US20160017295), AAV SM 10-1 (SEQ ID NO: 38 of US20160017295), AAV SM 10-8 (SEQ ID NO:
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in United States Patent Publication No. US20150238550, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, BNP61 AAV (SEQ ID NO: 1 of US20150238550), BNP62 AAV (SEQ ID NO: 3 of US20150238550), BNP63 AAV (SEQ ID NO: 4 of US20150238550), or variants thereof.
• the AAV serotype may be or may have a sequence as described in United States Patent Publication No. US20150315612, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, AAVrh.50 (SEQ ID NO: 108 of US20150315612), AAVrh.43 (SEQ ID NO: 163 of US20150315612), AAVrh.62 (SEQ ID NO: 114 of US20150315612), AAVrh.48 (SEQ ID NO: 115 of US20150315612), AAVhu.19 (SEQ ID NO: 133 of US20150315612), AAVhu. l l (SEQ ID NO: 153 of US20150315612), AAVhu.53 (SEQ ID NO: 186 of US20150315612), AAV4-8/rh.64 (SEQ ID No: 15 of
• US20150315612 AAVLG-9/hu.39 (SEQ ID No: 24 of US20150315612), AAV54.5/hu.23 (SEQ ID No: 60 of US20150315612), AAV54.2/hu.22 (SEQ ID No: 67 of US20150315612), AAV54.7/hu.24 (SEQ ID No: 66 of US20150315612), AAV54.1/hu.21 (SEQ ID No: 65 of US20150315612), AAV54.4R/hu.27 (SEQ ID No: 64 of US20150315612), AAV46.2/hu.28 (SEQ ID No: 68 of US20150315612), AAV46.6/hu.29 (SEQ ID No: 69 of US20150315612), AAV128.1/hu.43 (SEQ ID No: 80 of US20150315612), or variants thereof.
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in International Publication No. WO2015121501, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, true type AAV (ttAAV) (SEQ ID NO: 2 of WO2015121501), "UPenn AAV10” (SEQ ID NO: 8 of WO2015121501), “Japanese AAV10” (SEQ ID NO: 9 of WO2015121501), or variants thereof.
• true type AAV ttAAV
• UPenn AAV10 SEQ ID NO: 8 of WO2015121501
• Japanese AAV10 Japanese AAV10
• AAV capsid serotype selection or use may be from a variety of species.
• the AAV may be an avian AAV (AAAV).
• the AAAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in United States Patent No. US 9238800, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, AAAV (SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 of US 9,238,800), or variants thereof.
• the AAV may be a bovine AAV (BAAV).
• BAAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in United States Patent No. US 9,193,769, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, BAAV (SEQ ID NO: 1 and 6 of US 9193769), or variants thereof.
• BAAV serotype may be or have a sequence as described in United States Patent No. US7427396, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, BAAV (SEQ ID NO: 5 and 6 of US7427396), or variants thereof.
• the AAV may be a caprine AAV.
• the caprine AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in United States Patent No. US7427396, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, caprine AAV (SEQ ID NO: 3 of US7427396), or variants thereof.
• the AAV may be engineered as a hybrid AAV from two or more parental serotypes.
• the AAV may be AAV2G9 which comprises sequences from AAV2 and AAV9.
• the AAV2G9 AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in United States Patent Publication No. US20160017005, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
• the AAV may be a serotype generated by the AAV9 capsid library with mutations in amino acids 390-627 (VPl numbering) as described by Pulichla et al.
• the serotype and corresponding nucleotide and amino acid substitutions may be, but is not limited to, AAV9.1 (G1594C; D532H), AAV6.2 (T1418A and T1436X; V473D and I479K), AAV9.3 (T1238A; F413Y), AAV9.4 (T1250C and A1617T;
• F417S AAV9.5 (A1235G, A1314T, A1642G, C1760T; Q412R, T548A, A587V), AAV9.6 (T1231A; F411I), AAV9.9 (G1203A, G1785T; W595C), AAV9.10 (A1500G, T1676C;
• AAV9.11 A1425T, A1702C, A1769T; T568P, Q590L
• AAV9.13 A1369C, A1720T; N457H, T574S
• AAV9.14 T1340A, T1362C, T1560C, G1713A; L447H
• AAV9.16 A1775T; Q592L
• AAV9.24 T1507C, T1521G; W503R
• AAV9.26 A1337G, A1769C; Y446C, Q590P
• AAV9.33 A1667C; D556A
• AAV9.34 A1534G, C1794T; N512D
• AAV9.35 A1289T, T1450A, C1494T, A1515T, C1794A, G1816A; Q430L, Y484N, N98K, V606I
• AAV9.40 A1694T, E565V
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in International Publication No. WO2016049230, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to AAVF1/HSC1 (SEQ ID NO: 2 and 20 of WO2016049230), AAVF2/HSC2 (SEQ ID NO: 3 and 21 of WO2016049230), AAVF3/HSC3 (SEQ ID NO: 5 and 22 of WO2016049230), AAVF4/HSC4 (SEQ ID NO: 6 and 23 of
• WO2016049230 AAVF5/HSC5 (SEQ ID NO: 11 and 25 of WO2016049230), AAVF6/HSC6 (SEQ ID NO: 7 and 24 of WO2016049230), AAVF7/HSC7 (SEQ ID NO: 8 and 27 of
• WO2016049230 AAVF8/HSC8 (SEQ ID NO: 9 and 28 of WO2016049230), AAVF9/HSC9 (SEQ ID NO: 10 and 29 of WO2016049230), AAVF11/HSCl 1 (SEQ ID NO: 4 and 26 of WO2016049230), AAVF12/HSC12 (SEQ ID NO: 12 and 30 of WO2016049230),
• AAVF13/HSC13 SEQ ID NO: 14 and 31 of WO2016049230
• AAVF14/HSC14 SEQ ID NO: 15 and 32 of WO2016049230
• AAVF15/HSC15 SEQ ID NO: 16 and 33 of WO2016049230
• AAVF16/HSC16 SEQ ID NO: 17 and 34 of WO2016049230
• AAVF17/HSC17 SEQ ID NO: 13 and 35 of WO2016049230
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in United States Patent No. US 8734809, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, AAV CBr-El (SEQ ID NO: 13 and 87 of
• the AAV serotype may be, or have, a sequence as described in International Publication No. WO2016065001, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to AAV CHt-P2 (SEQ ID NO: 1 and 51 of WO2016065001), AAV CHt-P5 (SEQ ID NO: 2 and 52 of WO2016065001), AAV CHt-P9 (SEQ ID NO: 3 and 53 of WO2016065001), AAV CBr-7.1 (SEQ ID NO: 4 and 54 of
• WO2016065001 AAV CBr-7.2 (SEQ ID NO: 5 and 55 of WO2016065001), AAV CBr-7.3 (SEQ ID NO: 6 and 56 of WO2016065001), AAV CBr-7.4 (SEQ ID NO: 7 and 57 of
• WO2016065001 AAV CBr-7.5 (SEQ ID NO: 8 and 58 of WO2016065001), AAV CBr-7.7 (SEQ ID NO: 9 and 59 of WO2016065001), AAV CBr-7.8 (SEQ ID NO: 10 and 60 of
• WO2016065001 AAV CBr-7.10 (SEQ ID NO: 11 and 61 of WO2016065001), AAV CKd-N3 (SEQ ID NO: 12 and 62 of WO2016065001), AAV CKd-N4 (SEQ ID NO: 13 and 63 of WO2016065001), AAV CKd-N9 (SEQ ID NO: 14 and 64 of WO2016065001), AAV CLv-L4 (SEQ ID NO: 15 and 65 of WO2016065001), AAV CLv-L5 (SEQ ID NO: 16 and 66 of
• WO2016065001 AAV CLv-L6 (SEQ ID NO: 17 and 67 of WO2016065001), AAV CLv-Kl (SEQ ID NO: 18 and 68 of WO2016065001), AAV CLv-K3 (SEQ ID NO: 19 and 69 of WO2016065001), AAV CLv-K6 (SEQ ID NO: 20 and 70 of WO2016065001), AAV CLv-Ml (SEQ ID NO: 21 and 71 of WO2016065001), AAV CLv-Ml 1 (SEQ ID NO: 22 and 72 of WO2016065001), AAV CLv-M2 (SEQ ID NO: 23 and 73 of WO2016065001), AAV CLv-M5 (SEQ ID NO: 24 and 74 of WO2016065001), AAV CLv-M6 (SEQ ID NO: 25 and 75 of WO2016065001), AAV CLv-M7 (SEQ ID NO: 26 and 76 of WO2016065001),
• WO2016065001 AAV CHt-6.1 (SEQ ID NO: 32 and 82 of WO2016065001), AAV CHt-6.10 (SEQ ID NO: 33 and 83 of WO2016065001), AAV CHt-6.5 (SEQ ID NO: 34 and 84 of
• WO2016065001 AAV CHt-6.6 (SEQ ID NO: 35 and 85 of WO2016065001), AAV CHt-6.7 (SEQ ID NO: 36 and 86 of WO2016065001), AAV CHt-6.8 (SEQ ID NO: 37 and 87 of WO2016065001), AAV CSp-8.10 (SEQ ID NO: 38 and 88 of WO2016065001), AAV CSp-8.2 (SEQ ID NO: 39 and 89 of WO2016065001), AAV CSp-8.4 (SEQ ID NO: 40 and 90 of WO2016065001), AAV CSp-8.5 (SEQ ID NO: 41 and 91 of WO2016065001), AAV CSp-8.6 (SEQ ID NO: 42 and 92 of WO2016065001), AAV CSp-8.7 (SEQ ID NO: 43 and 93 of WO2016065001), AAV CSp-8.8 (SEQ ID NO: 44 and 94 of WO2016
• the AAV may be a serotype selected from any of those found in Table 1.
• the AAV may comprise a sequence, fragment or variant thereof, of the sequences in Table 1.
• the AAV may be encoded by a sequence, fragment or variant as described in Table 1.
• AAV CSp-4 642 US8734809 SEQ ID NO: 50
• AAV CBr- 825 WO2016065001 SEQ ID NO: 58 7.5
• AAV CBr- 828 WO2016065001 SEQ ID NO: 61 7.10
• AAV CSp- 858 WO2016065001 SEQ ID NO: 91
• AAV3B 865 WO2016065001 SEQ ID NO: 98
• rh74 (RHM4- 1) 1537 US2015023924A1 SEQ ID NO: 5, US20160375110A1 SEQ ID NO: 4 rh74
• polypeptide 1550 US20160175389A1 SEQ ID NO: 10
• the AAV serotype may be, or may have a sequence as described in International Patent Publication WO2015038958, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, AAV9 (SEQ ID NO: 2 and 11 of WO2015038958 or SEQ ID NO: 127 and 126 respectively herein), PHP.B (SEQ ID NO: 8 and 9 of WO2015038958, herein SEQ ID NO: 868 and 869), G2B-13 (SEQ ID NO: 12 of
• WO2015038958 herein SEQ ID NO: 870
• G2B-26 SEQ ID NO: 13 of WO2015038958, herein SEQ ID NO: 868 and 869
• THl .1-32 SEQ ID NO: 14 of WO2015038958, herein SEQ ID NO: 871
• THl .1-35 SEQ ID NO: 15 of WO2015038958, herein SEQ ID NO: 872 or variants thereof.
• WO2015038958 may be inserted into any parent AAV serotype, such as, but not limited to, AAV9 (SEQ ID NO: 126 for the DNA sequence and SEQ ID NO: 127 for the amino acid sequence).
• AAV9 SEQ ID NO: 126 for the DNA sequence and SEQ ID NO: 127 for the amino acid sequence.
• the amino acid insert is inserted between amino acids 586-592 of the parent AAV (e.g., AAV9).
• the amino acid insert is inserted between amino acids 588-589 of the parent AAV sequence.
• the amino acid insert may be, but is not limited to, any of the following amino acid sequences, TLAVPFK (SEQ ID NO: 1 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 873), KFPVALT (SEQ ID NO: 3 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 874), LAVPFK (SEQ ID NO: 31 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 875), AVPFK (SEQ ID NO: 32 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 876), VPFK (SEQ ID NO: 33 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 877), TLAVPF (SEQ ID NO: 34 of
• WO2015038958 herein SEQ ID NO: 878
• TLAVP SEQ ID NO: 35 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 879
• TLAV SEQ ID NO: 36 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 880
• SVSKPFL SEQ ID NO: 28 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 881
• FTLTTPK SEQ ID NO: 29 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 882
• MNATKNV SEQ ID NO: 30 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 883)
• QSSQTPR SEQ ID NO: 54 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 884
• ILGTGTS SEQ ID NO: 55 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 885
• TRTNPEA SEQ ID NO: 56 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 886
• NGGTSSS
• ACTTTGGCGGTGCCTTTTAAG (SEQ ID NO: 24 and 49 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 890), AGTGTGAGTAAGCCTTTTTTG (SEQ ID NO: 25 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 891), TTTACGTTGACGACGCCTAAG (SEQ ID NO: 26 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 892), ATGA ATGC T AC GA AGA ATGTG (SEQ ID NO: 27 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 893), CAGTCGTCGCAGACGCCTAGG (SEQ ID NO: 48 of
• WO2015038958 herein SEQ ID NO: 894
• ATTCTGGGGACTGGTACTTCG SEQ ID NO: 50 and 52 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 895
• ACGCGGACTAATCCTGAGGCT SEQ ID NO: 51 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 896
• AATGGGGGGACTAGTAGTTCT SEQ ID NO: 53 of WO2015038958; herein SEQ ID NO: 897
• the AAV serotype may be engineered to comprise at least one AAV capsid CD8+ T-cell epitope for AAV2 such as, but not limited to, SADNNNSEY (SEQ ID NO: 899), LIDQYLYYL (SEQ ID NO: 900), VPQYGYLTL (SEQ ID NO: 901), TTSTRTWAL (SEQ ID NO: 902), YHLNGRDSL (SEQ ID NO: 903), SQAVGRSSF (SEQ ID NO: 904), VPANPSTTF (SEQ ID NO: 905), FPQSGVLIF (SEQ ID NO: 906), YFDFNRFHCHF SPRD (SEQ ID NO: 907), VGNSSGNWHCDSTWM (SEQ ID NO: 908), QFSQAGASDIRDQSR (SEQ ID NO: 909), GA SDIRQ SRNWLP (SEQ ID NO: 910) and GNRQAATADVNTQGV (SEQ ID NO: 911
• SADNNNSEY
• the AAV serotype may be engineered to comprise at least one AAV capsid CD8+ T-cell epitope for AAVl such as, but not limited to, LDRLMNPLI (SEQ ID NO: 912), TTSTRTWAL (SEQ ID NO: 902), and QPAKKRLNF (SEQ ID NO: 913)).
• AAV capsid CD8+ T-cell epitope for AAVl such as, but not limited to, LDRLMNPLI (SEQ ID NO: 912), TTSTRTWAL (SEQ ID NO: 902), and QPAKKRLNF (SEQ ID NO: 913)).
• peptides for inclusion in an AAV serotype may be identified using the methods described by Hui et al. (Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical
• the procedure includes isolating human splenocytes, restimulating the splenocytes in vitro using individual peptides spanning the amino acid sequence of the AAV capsid protein, IFN-gamma ELISpot with the individual peptides used for the in vitro restimulation, bioinformatics analysis to determine the HLA restriction of 15-mers identified by IFN-gamma ELISpot, identification of candidate reactive 9-mer epitopes for a given HLA allele, synthesis candidate 9-mers, second IFN-gamma ELISpot screening of splenocytes from subjects carrying the HLA alleles to which identified AAV epitopes are predicted to bind, determine the AAV capsid-reactive CD8+ T cell epitopes and determine the frequency of subjects reacting to a given AAV epitope.
• the AAV may be a serotype generated by Cre-recombination-based AAV targeted evolution (CREATE) as described by Deverman et al., (Nature Biotechnology 34(2):204-209 (2016)), the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety.
• AAV serotypes generated in this manner have improved CNS transduction and/or neuronal and astrocytic tropism, as compared to other AAV serotypes.
• the AAV serotype may be PHP.B, PHP.B2, PHP.B3, PHP.A, G2A12, G2A15.
• these AAV serotypes may be AAV9 (SEQ ID NO: 126 and 127) derivatives with a 7-amino acid insert between amino acids 588-589.
• Non-limiting examples of these 7-amino acid inserts include TLAVPFK (SEQ ID NO: 873), SVSKPFL (SEQ ID NO: 1249), FTLTTPK (SEQ ID NO: 882), YTLSQGW (SEQ ID NO: 888), QAVRTSL (SEQ ID NO: 1176) and/or LAKERLS (SEQ ID NO: 1177).
• the AAV serotype may be, or may have a sequence as described in International Patent Publication WO2017100671, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, AAV9 (SEQ ID NO: 45 of
• WO2017100671 herein SEQ ID NO: 1441
• PHP.N SEQ ID NO: 46 of WO2017100671, herein SEQ ID NO: 1439
• PHP.S SEQ ID NO: 47 of WO2017100671, herein SEQ ID NO: 1440
• WO2017100671 may be inserted into any parent AAV serotype, such as, but not limited to, AAV9 (SEQ ID NO: 122 or SEQ ID NO: 1441).
• the amino acid insert is inserted between amino acids 586-592 of the parent AAV (e.g., AAV9).
• the amino acid insert is inserted between amino acids 588-589 of the parent AAV sequence.
• the amino acid insert may be, but is not limited to, any of the following amino acid sequences, AQTLAVPFKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 1 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1442),
• AQFTLTTPKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 3 in the sequence listing of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1444), DGTLAVPFKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 4 in the sequence listing of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1445), ESTLAVPFKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 5 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1446), GGTLAVPFKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 6 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1447), AQTLATPFKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 7 and 33 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1448), ATTLATPFKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 8 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1449),
• DGTLATPFKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 9 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1450),
• GGTLATPFKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 10 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1451),
• QGTLAVPFKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 16 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1457),
• NQTLAVPFKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 17 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1458),
• DSTLAVPFKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 21 in Table 1 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1462), AVTLAVPFKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 22 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1463),
• AQTLPQPFKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 24 and 32 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1465), AQTLSQPFKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 25 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1466),
• AQTLTMPFKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 27, and 34 of WO2017100671 and SEQ ID NO: 35 in the sequence listing of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1468), AQTLTTPFKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 28 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1469), AQYTLSQGWAQ (SEQ ID NO: 29 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1470), AQMNATKNVAQ (SEQ ID NO: 30 of
• WO2017100671 herein SEQ ID NO: 1472
• AQTLTAPFKAQ SEQ ID NO: 35 in Table 1 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1473
• AQTLSKPFKAQ SEQ ID NO: 36 of
• WO2017100671 herein SEQ ID NO: 1474
• QAVRTSL SEQ ID NO: 37 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1475
• YTLSQGW SEQ ID NO: 38 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 888
• LAKERLS SEQ ID NO: 39 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1476
• TLAVPFK (SEQ ID NO: 40 in the sequence listing of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 873), SVSKPFL (SEQ ID NO: 41 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 881), FTLTTPK (SEQ ID NO: 42 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 882), MNSTKNV (SEQ ID NO: 43 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1477), VSGGHHS (SEQ ID NO: 44 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1478), SAQTLAVPFKAQAQ (SEQ ID NO: 48 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1479), SXXXLAVPFKAQAQ (SEQ ID NO: 49 of WO2017100671 wherein X may be any amino acid; herein SEQ ID NO: 1480), SAQXXXVPFKAQAQ (SEQ ID NO: 50 of WO2017100671 where
• SAQTLXXXFKAQAQ (SEQ ID NO: 51 of WO2017100671 wherein X may be any amino acid; herein SEQ ID NO: 1482), SAQTLAVXXXAQAQ (SEQ ID NO: 52 of WO2017100671 wherein X may be any amino acid; herein SEQ ID NO: 1483), SAQTLAVPFXXXAQ (SEQ ID NO: 53 of WO2017100671 wherein X may be any amino acid; herein SEQ ID NO: 1484), TNHQSAQ (SEQ ID NO: 65 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1485), AQAQTGW (SEQ ID NO: 66 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1486), DGTLATPFK (SEQ ID NO: 67 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1487), DGTLATPFKXX (SEQ ID NO: 68 of
• WO2017100671 wherein X may be any amino acid; herein SEQ ID NO: 1488), LAVPFKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 80 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1489), VPFKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 81 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1490), FKAQ (SEQ ID NO: 82 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1491), AQTLAV (SEQ ID NO: 83 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1492), AQTLAVPF (SEQ ID NO: 84 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1493), QAVR (SEQ ID NO: 85 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1494), AVRT (SEQ ID NO: 86 of
• WO2017100671 herein SEQ ID NO: 1495
• VRTS SEQ ID NO: 87 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1496
• RTSL SEQ ID NO: 88 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1497
• QAVRT SEQ ID NO: 89 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1498
• AVRTS SEQ ID NO: 90 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1499
• VRTSL SEQ ID NO: 91 of
• WO2017100671 herein SEQ ID NO: 1500
• QAVRTS SEQ ID NO: 92 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1501
• a VRTSL SEQ ID NO: 93 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1502
• Non-limiting examples of nucleotide sequences that may encode the amino acid inserts include the following, GATGGGACTTTGGCGGTGCCTTTTAAGGCACAG (SEQ ID NO: 54 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1503),
• WO2017100671 herein SEQ ID NO: 1505
• CAGGTCTTCACGGACTCAGACTATCAG SEQ ID NO: 57 and 78 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1506
• GGAAGTATTCCTTGGTTTTGAACCCA SEQ ID NO: 60 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1509
• GGTCGCGGTTCTTGTTTGTGGAT SEQ ID NO: 61 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1510
• CGACCTTGAAGCGCATGAACTCCT SEQ ID NO: 62 of
• N may be A, C, T, or G; herein SEQ ID NO: 1516), ACTTTGGCGGTGCCTTTTAAG (SEQ ID NO: 74 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 890), AGTGTGAGTAAGCCTTTTTTG (SEQ ID NO: 75 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 891), TTTACGTTGACGACGCCTAAG (SEQ ID NO: 76 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 892),
• TATACTTTGTCGCAGGGTTGG (SEQ ID NO: 77 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 898), or CTTGCGAAGGAGCGGCTTTCG (SEQ ID NO: 79 of WO2017100671; herein SEQ ID NO: 1517).
• the AAV serotype may be, or may have a sequence as described in United States Patent No. US 9624274, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, AAV1 (SEQ ID NO: 181 of US9624274), AAV6 (SEQ ID NO: 182 of US9624274), AAV2 (SEQ ID NO: 183 of US9624274), AAV3b (SEQ ID NO: 184 of US9624274), AAV7 (SEQ ID NO: 185 of US9624274), AAV8 (SEQ ID NO: 186 of US9624274), AAV10 (SEQ ID NO: 187 of US9624274), AAV4 (SEQ ID NO: 188 of
• US9624274 AAV5 (SEQ ID NO: 191 of US9624274), GPV (SEQ ID NO: 192 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1518), B 19 (SEQ ID NO: 193 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1519), MVM (SEQ ID NO: 194 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1520), FPV (SEQ ID NO: 195 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1521), CPV (SEQ ID NO: 196 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1522) or variants thereof.
• AAV5 SEQ ID NO: 191 of US9624274
• GPV SEQ ID NO: 192 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1518
• B 19 SEQ ID NO: 193 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1519
• MVM SEQ ID NO: 194 of US9624
• any of the structural protein inserts described in US 962427 may be inserted into, but not limited to, 1-453 and 1-587 of any parent AAV serotype, such as, but not limited to, AAV2 (SEQ ID NO: 183 of US9624274).
• the amino acid insert may be, but is not limited to, any of the following amino acid sequences, VNLTWSRASG (SEQ ID NO: 50 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1901), EFCINHRGYWVCGD (SEQ ID NO:55 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1902), EDGQVMDVDLS (SEQ ID NO: 85 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1903), EKQRNGTLT (SEQ ID NO: 86 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1904), TYQCRVTHPHLPRALMR (SEQ ID NO: 87 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1905), RHSTTQPRKTKGSG (SEQ ID NO: 88 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1906),
• DSNPRGVSAYLSR (SEQ ID NO: 89 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1907),
• TITCLWDLAPSK (SEQ ID NO: 90 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1908), KTKGSGFFVF (SEQ ID NO: 91 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1909), THPHLPRALMRS (SEQ ID NO: 92 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1910), GETYQCRVTHPHLPRALMRSTTK (SEQ ID NO: 93 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1911), LPRALMRS (SEQ ID NO: 94 of
• US9624274 herein SEQ ID NO: 1912
• INHRGYWV SEQ ID NO: 95 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1913
• CDAGSVRTNAPD SEQ ID NO: 60 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1914
• AKAVSNLTESRSESLQS SEQ ID NO: 96 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1915
• SLTGDEFKKVLET SEQ ID NO: 97 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1916
• REAVAYRFEED SEQ ID NO: 98 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1917
• INPEIITLDG SEQ ID NO: 99 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1918
• DISVTGAPVITATYL SEQ ID NO: 100 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1919
• DISVTGAPVITA SEQ ID NO: 101 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1920
• PKTVSNLTESSSESVQS SEQ ID NO: 102 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1921
• SLMGDEFKAVLET SEQ ID NO: 103 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1922
• QHSVAYTFEED SEQ ID NO: 104 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1923
• INPEIITRDG SEQ ID NO: 105 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1924
• DISLTGDPVITA SEQ ID NO: 107 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1926
• DQSIDFEIDSA SEQ ID NO: 108 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1927
• KNVSEDLPLPTF SPTLLGD S SEQ ID NO: 109 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1928
• KNVSEDLPLPT SEQ ID NO: 110 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1929
• CD S GRVRTD APD SEQ ID NO: 111 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1930
• FPEHLLVDFLQSLS SEQ ID NO: 112 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1931
• DAEFRHDSG SEQ ID NO: 65 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 65 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO:
• SSRTPSDKPVAHWANPQAE SEQ ID NO: 116 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1936
• SRTPSDKPVAHWANP SEQ ID NO: 117 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1937
• SSRTPSDKP (SEQ ID NO: 118 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1938),
• NADGNVDYHMNSVP (SEQ ID NO: 119 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1939),
• RSFKEFLQ S SLRALRQ (SEQ ID NO: 121 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1941);
• FKEFLQSSLRA (SEQ ID NO: 122 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1942), or
• QMWAPQWGPD (SEQ ID NO: 123 of US9624274; herein SEQ ID NO: 1943).
• the AAV serotype may be, or may have a sequence as described in United States Patent No. US 9475845, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, such as, but not limited to, AAV capsid proteins comprising modification of one or more amino acids at amino acid positions 585 to 590 of the native AAV2 capsid protein.
• the modification may result in, but not limited to, the amino acid sequence RGNRQA (SEQ ID NO: 3 of US9475845; herein SEQ ID NO: 1944), SSSTDP (SEQ ID NO: 4 of US9475845; herein SEQ ID NO: 1945), SSNTAP (SEQ ID NO: 5 of US9475845; herein SEQ ID NO: 1946), SNSNLP (SEQ ID NO: 6 of US9475845; herein SEQ ID NO: 1947), SSTTAP (SEQ ID NO: 7 of US9475845; herein SEQ ID NO: 1948), AANTAA (SEQ ID NO: 8 of US9475845; herein SEQ ID NO: 1949), QQNTAP (SEQ ID NO: 9 of US9475845; herein SEQ ID NO: 1950), SAQAQA (SEQ ID NO: 10 of US9475845; herein SEQ ID NO: 1951), QANTGP (SEQ ID NO: 11 of US9475845; herein SEQ ID NO: 1952
• the amino acid modification is a substitution at amino acid positions 262 through 265 in the native AAV2 capsid protein or the corresponding position in the capsid protein of another AAV with a targeting sequence.
• the targeting sequence may be, but is not limited to, any of the amino acid sequences, NGRAHA (SEQ ID NO: 38 of US9475845; herein SEQ ID NO: 1967), QPEHSST (SEQ ID NO: 39 and 50 of US9475845; herein SEQ ID NO: 1968), VNTANST (SEQ ID NO: 40 of US9475845; herein SEQ ID NO: 1969), HGPMQKS (SEQ ID NO: 41 of US9475845; herein SEQ ID NO: 1970), PHKPPLA (SEQ ID NO: 42 of US9475845; herein SEQ ID NO: 1971), n NNEMW (SEQ ID NO: 43 of US9475845; herein SEQ ID NO: 1972), RNLDTPM (SEQ ID NO: 44 of US9475845

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